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A protester waves an Egyptian national flag as riot police fired tear gas during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 23. Egyptian police are clashing with antigovernment protesters for a fifth day in Cairo. Tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square have rejected a promise by Egypt's military ruler to speed up a presidential election to the first half of next year. They want Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to step down immediately in favor of an interim civilian council. Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Egyptian protesters run from the site of clashes with Egyptian riot police in Cairo on Nov. 23. Mohammed Abu Zaid/AP

An Egyptian protester helps a friend cover his face with a mask to protect him from tear gas in Cairo on Nov. 23. Mohammed Abu Zaid/AP

A protester runs with a smoking tear gas canister to throw it back at riot police near Tahrir Square on Nov. 23. Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Protesters gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 22. Egyptians frustrated with military rule battled police in the streets again as the generals scrambled to cope with the cabinet's proffered resignation after bloodshed that has jolted plans for Egypt's first free election in decades. Khalil Hamra/AP

A protester throws a tear gas canister that was earlier thrown by riot police during clashes along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry near Tahrir Square on Nov. 22. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Protesters run as police move in on them during clashes near Tahrir Square on Nov. 22. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Riot and plain clothes police run from clashing with protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 22. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A riot policeman aims a shotgun with rubber bullets at protesters near Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 18-day uprising that toppled authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak in February, on Nov. 21. The police battled an estimated 5,000 protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. Cairo's main morgue at Zainhum hospital has received 33 corpses from those killed in clashes between protesters and security forces, medical sources said. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A protester throws a stone at riot police during clashes in a side street near Tahrir Square on Nov. 21. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A protester prepares to throw a molotov cocktail during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square on Nov. 21. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters